News archive from 12 September 2018

When Beto O’Rourke fans tune into the Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday, there is a chance in some Texas TV markets they’ll get a good dose of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz too.
No, the Republican senator is not scheduled to be on the show, but in at...

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter is cautioning Democrats that their path to defeating President Donald Trump depends on independents and moderates.
Speaking at his presidential center in Atlanta on Tuesday, Carter said U.S. policies on...

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter sees little hope for the U.S. to change its human rights and environmental policies as long as Donald Trump is in the White House, but he has a warning for his fellow Democrats looking to oust the current...

Now Playing: President Donald Trump on Tuesday deemed the federal government's response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico a year ago âincredibly successfulâ even though a recent federal report found that nearly 3,000 people died. (Sept. 11)
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Fueling speculation about his White House ambitions, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker will headline a Democratic fundraising event in South Carolina in October.
That will put Booker in front of more than 1,000 South Carolina Democrats, including many of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is signing an executive order authorizing sanctions against foreigners who meddle in U.S. elections.
Trump has drawn widespread criticism for not taking threats to the U.S. electoral system seriously enough,...

Two major Democratic political groups on Wednesday announced a combined $21 million digital ad buy targeting Senate races in November, a sign the party is trying to learn from 2016, when Donald Trump's Republican presidential campaign was far more...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Japan's main opposition leader says the nation's prime minister is papering over differences on trade and other issues with President Donald Trump, and that could ultimately hurt the U.S.-Japan alliance.
Yukio Edano (OO-kee-oh...